The Obama administration’s EPA has declared a war on coal-fired power plants. The president famously remarked he didn’t care if coal power plants operated, but he would make sure they were cost-prohibitive. His EPA rolled out rules that would make coal-burning power plants a target in his war on mercury and other pollutants. His radical EPA chief said, “This has been 20 years in the | Read More »

I was listening to some Tea Party leaders recently. They were unhappy some Representatives had not yet made their position on a bill public. They decided to find out those positions and if a Rep was voting “wrong,” to threaten him with a primary challenge. Disagreements, even among allies, are inevitable. How we handle them defines our relationship’s future. In the aftermath of successful influence | Read More »

Campaign movements need themes. In the most recent election, the Democrats ran against Bush, capitalism, and the rich. They were able to characterize McCain, and the rest of the GOP, as being out-of-touch, barely believable, and downright mean. With the next federal election year around the corner, we need to have a couple of themes of our own. These should be honest, unlike the character | Read More »